By the late 19th century, San Francisco was "lined with redwood structures," many of which were destroyed in fires that followed the 1906 earthquake.
The trees, which can live for 2,000 years, "gave their ancient souls to produce wealth for human hands," and today the vast majority of redwoods that once grew in California are gone.
The title is a way to get us thinking about how places are connected across space. As I looked at the lumber industry, it was clear that what was happening in San Francisco affected what was happening on the North Coast, and vice versa.
Men who came for the 1840s Gold Rush but ended up in redwoods saw the largest trees and thought there was a lot of money to be made here.
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